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Mei Ling

Mei Ling is classified as a mostly female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

Mostly femaleMedium

Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.

Mei Ling · Meiling · Mei-Ling

Verdict
Mostly female
Confidence
Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
High source frequency in
China, United States
Also spelled
Meiling, Mei-Ling
US records 1880–2017
0 male / 327 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Dataset built
2026-09-11

How to address Mei Ling

If you do not know Mei Ling’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Mei Ling,” in English, “Guten Tag Mei Ling,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Mei Ling,

German

Guten Tag Mei Ling,

French

Bonjour Mei Ling,

Spanish

Estimado/a Mei Ling:

Chinese

LingMei您好：

Japanese

Ling様

English

Hi Mei,

German

Hi Mei,

French

Salut Mei,

Spanish

Hola Mei,

Chinese

Mei你好：

Japanese

Meiさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Classification of Mei Ling by country (nam_dict and US SSA; not a survey of today’s population)
CountryHow commonUsually
Chinarareunisex name
United Statesrarewoman's name

United States birth data

0 male · 327 female · 327 births recorded

Male ≈ 0%Female ≈ 100%

Records from 1980–2017: 0% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Mei Ling a male or female name?

Mei Ling is classified as a mostly female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

How do I address Mei Ling in an email?

If you do not know Mei Ling’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Mei Ling,” in English, “Guten Tag Mei Ling,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.

Is Mei Ling a unisex name?

Mei Ling is classified as generally female in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.

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Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Mei Ling a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/mei-ling. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_meiling,
  title  = {Is Mei Ling a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/mei-ling},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}